Unit Eight Time,Section Listening and Speaking Section Intensive Reading Section Grammar Section Applied Writing Section Reading Practice Section Cultural Tips,Section Listening and Speaking Taking Bus,Tune In Task 1 Directions: You will hear one word read from each group. Underline the letter beside the word you hear.,BACK,Task 2 Directions: In this part you will hear 10 sentences twice. Listen carefully and fill in the blanks.,Listen On,Task 1 Warming Up Patterns Learning 1. Excuse me, how many stops are there to the railway station? 2. I will remind you. 3. Do I have to change/transfer at next stop? 4. I took the wrong bus! Please let me off here. 5. Whats the stop called? 6. Which bus should I take? 7. Excuse me, is this the right bus to the railway station? 8. Could you tell me where I can catch the bus to central hospital? 9. You can catch the right bus across the street. 10. Its also more convenient if you can travel at “off peak” time.,Task 2 Directions: In this part you will hear a dialogue twice. Listen carefully and fill in the blanks. Key Words downtown / daun taun/ adv. 在商业（闹市）区；在市中心,Task 3 Directions: In this part, you will hear a passage twice. After you hear the passage, choose the best answer to each question. Key Words destination/.destinein / n. 目的地；终点,Task 4 Directions: Listen to the conversations twice and answer the questions. Key Words Chinatown / tan tan/ n. 中国城; 唐人街,Speak Out,Task 1 Role-Play Directions: Complete the following five dialogues with the help of the sentences in the box and practice the dialogue with your partner. 1. About 2 miles. 2. One pound. 3. No, you have taken the wrong bus. 4. You can take No.3 or No 8 bus. 5. In about 10 minutes.,1. A: Is this the right bus for Jianguo Road? B: _ 2. A: How far is the nearest bank? B: _ 3. A: How much is the fare, please? B: _ 4. A: Would you tell me when we will get there? B: _ 5. A: Which bus shall I take for Beihai Park? B:_,Task 2 Role-play Directions: Create a dialog with a partner for the following situation. Role-play the dialogs in front of the next class.,Section Intensive Reading How Americans View Time,Preview What is the most valuable thing in the world? The answer is time. Time lost never returns. Time is even more precious than money. Because when money is spent，we can earn it back. However，when time is gone，it will never return. This is the reason why we must value time.,BACK,Text,How Americans View Time Time talks. It speaks more plainly than words. Time communicates in many ways. In the United States, it is not customary to telephone someone very early in the morning. If you telephone him early in the day, while he is shaving or having breakfast, the time of the calls shows that the matter is very important and requires immediate attention. The same meaning is attached to telephone calls made after 11:00 P.M. If someone receives a call during sleeping hours, he assumes it is a matter of life or death. The time chosen for the call communication is important.,In social life, time plays a very important part. In the United States, guests tend to feel they are not highly regarded if the invitation to a dinner party is extended only three or four days before the party date. But this is not true in all countries. In other areas of the world, it may be considered foolish to make an appointment too far in advance because the plan, which is made for a date more than a week away, tends to be forgotten. The meanings of time differ in different parts of the world. Thus, misunderstandings arise between people from cultures that treat time differently. Promptness is valued highly in American life, for example. If people are not prompt, they may be regarded as impolite or not fully responsible, In the U.S., no one would think of keeping a business associates waiting for an hour; it would be too impolite. When equals meet, a person who is five minutes late is expected to make a short apology. If he is less than five minutes late, he will say few words of explanation, though perhaps he will not complete the sentence.,In the western world, particularly in the United States, time is treated as if it were something almost real. It is a precious resource; many people have a rather acute sense of the shortness of each lifetime. Once time is lost, it will never return. Americans look ahead and are concerned almost entirely with the future. The American ideal of the future is limited, however. It is the foreseeable future and not the future of the South Asians, which may involve centuries. Someone has said of the South Asian idea of time: “Time is like a museum with endless halls and room. You, the viewer, are walking through the museum in the dark, holding a light to each scene as you pass it. God is in charge of the museum, and onl